Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Peace Quotes, Popularity Quotes

People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued. The slaves were undeniably a element...

We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued. The slaves were undeniably a element...

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first...

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first...

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he...

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he...

Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.

Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some...

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some...

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could...

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could...

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who...

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who...

Everybody likes a compliment.

Everybody likes a compliment.

I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.

I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what...

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what...

A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with...

A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with...

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists...

I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words...

I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words...